Referring a young person for mental health support

We can all work together to take steps to promote good mental health and wellbeing. 

If you work with children and young people, you can use the Thrive model to understand the levels of support they may need. 

This can help if you're a:

  • teacher
  • school mental health champion
  • special educational needs coordinator (SENCo)
  • youth worker
  • social worker
  • community support officer 

Levels of support

The Thrive model breaks support into 5 categories. 

We've pulled together local services that you can signpost people to using the model. 

  1. Thriving - those who need to maintain their mental health and wellbeing through prevention and by promoting mental health and wellbeing
  2. Getting advice - those who need advice and signposting. Find advice services
  3. Getting help - those who need to help to meet their mental health goals. Find services from professionals
  4. Getting more help - those who need more specialised help to meet their mental health goals. Find services from professionals
  5. Getting risk support - those who have not benefited from or cannot use the help provided but are at risk and need to stay in contact with services. Find urgent mental health support 

Watch the video to find out how we can work together to support children and young people's mental health and wellbeing:

Using the Thrive Framework